Garment



M. REINGOLEL.

GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY8',1920.

1,4G2,089 .Patented Jan-'3, 1922.

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MEYER REINGOLD,

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GARMENT.

iv Application filed May 8,

This invention relates'to garments and more particularly to the class of garment known as over-ails.

The objects of the inventio fare to provide a garment of this type having increased utility over the garments heretofore on the market; to provide a one-piece overall; to include as a part ofsaid overalls ,a hood; to adapt said hood tobe also utilized as a collar when not in use as a hood; to provide for the comfort" of the user and serviceability of the garment, to secure simplicity of construction and ease in donning or removing the garment, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description. v Referrin to the accompanying drawing, in which like numeralsof reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views;

Figure l is a perspective view of a garment embodying my invention in'use, looking at the front thereof and showing the hood thereof in lowered position forming a Figure 2 is a similar view looking atthe back of the garment.

Figure 3 is a view corresponding to'Fig. 1 showing the hood in raised position;

IFigure a is a view' corresponding to Fig. 2 showing the hoodraised; and 3 Figure 5 is a fragmentary and diagrammatic view of the closure 'meansfor the garment opening. j l

In the specific embodiment of-the invention illustrated in 'said drawing, the reference numeral 1 indicates the body portion of a garment constructed in accordance with my invention; Thisgarment is what. may be termed acne-piece garment in the sense that it is all together and not parts which may be. separated in use, but inseparable so that the entire garment has to be put on at Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. a, rate. 1920. serial No. 379,911,

one time and covers the users person from his feet to his head, as may be seen from the drawing. The body portion 1 of the garment covers theusers torso, and is provided at its lower part with leg portions 2, and at its upper part with sleeves 3 all united as one garment.

The body portion 1 is adapted to be open down the front from the neck thereof to the crotch as at 4, and suitable means are provided for eflectuall closing the garment along this line. T e closure means preferred is a series of knobbed fingers 5 at one side of the opening interfitting with a similar series of knobbed finger6 on the.

other side of the opening. Dilati-n'g consecutive fingers of. one series will permit the intermediate fingers of the other series to become disengaged, but such dilation can only occur when begun at one end of the series and performed successively from one finger to the next. A slide is provided for doing this and for returning the fingers into interengaging position, said slide being operable by the tassel 7 attached thereto. llhis closure means per se is one heretofore sold I upon the market and its further description or illustration is therefore deemed unnecessary. Whileits structure per se is old, like other closure securing means such as buttons, hooks and eyes, and so forth, it's application-to garments is new, and forms a feature o f-the present invention, Obviously by drawing the tassel 711p or down, the

- garment is closed or opened'accordmgly with the greatest of ease and facility J The garment is preferably of waterproof materia thus adding to its utilityin inclement weather, and affording the utmostpro- 'tection to the users clothes beneathat such time. It may be here noted, thatthisfeature'of the invention is enhancedboth by having the garment constructed asa 'one-If v y piece garment thus eliminating superfluous. cracks and crevices for rain or'moisture to enter, and also because 'of the particular closure employed which brings the opening edges closely together and efiectively resists penetration of water to the inside of the I garment.

An added, and perhaps the most important feature of the invention, is the provision ofa hood 8, the same being constructed as.

an integral art of the remainder of the garment, and sing also made of waterproof 7 material. Thishoodis of suflicient size and shape tobe drawn up and completely cover the users head, said hood being open at its front, however, to permit the user to look out. This hood is so constructed, that when not in use as a hood it may be folded and laid back upon the body portion of the arnot in use as a hood.

While perhaps other specific structures may obtain the" same results, I prefer to employ the one shown which consists of a neck band 9, rear cape lO and visor portion llall proportioned so as to assume the requisite positions ineither use as hood or collar, and

appropriately sewn or otherwise held to-,

' gether. It-will be noted that the visor portion 11 extends outwardly over the eyes and f forehead to form suitable protection for the same as shown in Fig. 3. The neck band 9 in the present disclosure is attached'at its lower edge to the upper edge of the body portion 1' of'the garment, and has its greatest height at the middle of the back'of the garment, said neck band ta ends and terminating a distance from the front opening of the garment. The rear cape 10 is attached at its lower edge to the upper edge of the neck band 9 and is adapted to be stood upright at the. back of the users head with its end portions extendin forwardly tov the front of the garment. Sai forwardly extending ends, however, preferably donot come all the way to the front opening of the garment so as to meet, but

are separated to afford greater freedom of V movement. The visor 11 is attached to the cape portion 10 so as to extend over the users head and downward at the sideof his face,il the edges of this visor converging towar a point at their lower ends. lower pointed ends of the visor do not come all the way to the body portion of the garment, but terminate at .a distance therefrom substantially equal to the depth of collar' which it is desired to show at the front of i the garment, said pointed ends being designated in reference numerals 12.

r In fo dingthe hood to turn it back as a collar, the visor 11 is first doubled outwardly over on the seam between itself and the cape 10 so the surface which is normall at the outside and over the top of the users head lies against the surface of the cape which isnormally out. When the visor is thus folded, the edge thereof which as a ring toward its These hood substantially encircles the users face will pass around his neck, in substantially a horizontal plane The visor and cape are i then turned downward to overlie the users shoulders and the line of folding will be governed at the back by the height of the neck band which is such as to result in a fold suitable to give a collar effect to the hood. When the hood is desired for use as such, it is very readily unfolded and drawn into place.

Ubviously detail modifications and changes may be made in the manufacture of myimproved garment, and I do not Wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact structure shown except as may be set forth in the following claims construed in the light of the prior art. v

Having thus described the invention, I

claim 8.

back together to form a collar for the gar- 9 ment, said visor portion extending over the users forehead and eyes and downward at the sides of the face, the sides of the visor portion projecting beyond the outlines of V the face, and a neck band included between 9 the body of the garment and the cape portion of the hood, the height of the neck band at the back of the arment adapted to govcm the line of folding of the hood in constituting said hood a collar. 1

.2. A garment having in combination a hood comprising a cape portion and a visor portion joined together, said visor portion eing secured to the cape portion whereby the same will extend over the head and 1 downward at the side of the face, the edges of said visor converging toward a point at their lower ends, said pointed ends terminating at a distance from the body of the garment. 3. A garment having in combination a' hood comprising a cape portion and'a visor ortion joined together and adapted to be olded on the lineof joinin said cape and visor portion being folded ack together to 1 form a collar for said arment, a neck ba'nd included between the ody of the garment and the cape portion of the hood, the height of the neck band at the back of the garment adapted togovern the line of foldin ofth e l hood in constituting said hood a colar, said visor portion being attached to the cape por tion so as to extend over the users head and downward at the side of the face, the edges of said visor converging toward a point at1 their lower ends, the lower pointed ends of the visor terminating a distance from the body equal to the depth of the collar at the front. a

4.. A" garment having in combination a 1 hood comprising a cape portion and a visor portion joined together and adapted to be folded on the line of joining and folded back together to form a collar for said germent and said visor portion being attached to the cape portion so as to extend over the users head and downward at the side of the 

